I agree with those who say we could launch a pod. A pot? A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we...
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Chief Scientist:
I agree with those who say we could launch a pod.
Lyndon Johnson:
A pot?
Chief Scientist:
A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, splashing down into ze water, the ocean, vith a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.
Lyndon Johnson:
Spaceman?
Chief Scientist:
SPE-CI-MEN.
Lyndon Johnson:
Well, what kind of spe-ci-men?
Chief Scientist:
A tough one. Responsive to orders. I had in mind a jimp.
Lyndon Johnson:
JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?
Chief Scientist:
A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.
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A Dot?
A pod.
A capsule. Now, we will be
in full control of this pod.
It will go up like a cannonball,
and come down like a cannonball...
...splashing down in the ocean...
...with a parachute to spare
the life of the specimen inside.
Spaceman?
Specimen.
Well, what kind of "specimen"?
A tough one.
Responsive to orders.
I had in mind a "jimp."
Jimp? Well, what the hell is a jimp?
A chimp. A chimpanzee, senator.
An ape.
The first American in space
is not going to be a chimpanzee.
Who would you put into space,
Mr. President?
We have film of some people
we think are strong candidates.
We'd like to run it
and stimulate some thinking.
- May we?
- Okay.
These are people we felt would
be excellent in the splashdown.
We like the one on the right.
No, on the left.
These people are experienced
with machinery and have their own helmets.
Clip duration: 74 seconds
Views: 330
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: adventure, biography, drama
Summary: The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers prefe
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00:41 What do you have to do to get your picture up there anyway
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00:34 The hatch just BLEW
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00:53 Make another note here
00:25 I'll tell you something
00:11 You damn right it is
00:21 You boys know what makes this bird go up
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00:27 Squirming Hatchblower
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01:47 And as I was sayin'